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Maruti launches new Dzire, starting price Rs 5.45 lakh

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First launched in 2008, Dzire happens to be Maruti's second most sold car Maruti Suzuki today launched the new Dzire sedan, a lighter and more fuel efficient vehicle at Rs 5.45 lakh onwards (ex showroom, Delhi). The petrol variant begins at Rs 5.45 lakh and goes up to Rs 8.41 lakh. Diesel variant begins at Rs 6.45 lakh and goes up to Rs 9.41 lakh. Maruti spent Rs 1,000 crore to develop the new Dzire. First launched in 2008, Dzire happens to be Maruti’s second most sold car (after the Alto) and brings 14 per cent of the company’s domestic sales. Dzire also is the largest selling compact sedan in the country accounting for half of the segment volumes. The new Dzire offers a higher fuel efficiency of 5.5 per cent and 6.8 per cent on the petrol and diesel variant, respectively. Diesel Dzire claims to give an efficiency of 28.4 km/litre while petrol offers a mileage of 22 km per litre. Bookings for the new car started early this month and the company has already got bookings...

Maruti's most expensive car, S-Cross, crosses its first major milestone

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It was after a long gap Maruti came up with a product that was priced well above Rs 1 million mark S-Cross , the most expensive vehicle from Maruti Suzuki, has managed to cross a milestone of 50,000 units in sales. Launched in August 2015, the vehicle had seen an initial phase of weakness due to its pricing and competition from Hyundai’s Creta, launched days before S-Cross. Raed this: Maruti 's new Dzire will roll out on 16 May: What to expect The country’s largest car maker has sold over 46,000 units of S-Cross in domestic market since launch, data with Siam showed. More than 4,000 vehicles have been exported to different destinations. The vehicle, positioned as a crossover, had seen challenges post the launch. Within a couple of months of the launch in August 2015, there was a sizeable discount of up to Rs 90,000 on S-Cross. Maruti admitted it went wrong on pricing of the 1.6 litre vehicle.  When the S-Cross was launched, the 1.6-litre option was priced at Rs 1...